So 



ARACHNOIDEA. 



CASE Theridion tepidariorum {Koch). — 2. Enlarged sketch. 



VII. 

 No. 2. 



Theridion tepidariorum (magnified twice). 



No. 3. 



Dark brown, with a paler abdomen mottled with dark brown 

 and black. 



Not uncommon in conservatories in this country, but as it is 



confined to them there is little 

 doubt that it is an exotic species 

 which has been imported. The 

 colour is brown and black, with 

 a wavy marking. It makes one 

 of the curious tents for its cocoons 

 of which we have above spoken. 



Theridion riparium {Bl.). — 3. 

 Sketch of nest. 



Reddish brown, with abdomen 

 variegated with black and white. 



This is another species which 

 fabricates a curious tent, or nest, 

 of which a figure is given. It is 

 a slender conical tent of silk, 

 something like a flat cap, mea- 

 suring from one and a half to two 

 and a half inches in length, and 

 ^"^°Se1nBUTS'°'"^\de^^^^^^^^ about half an inch in diameter 



at its lower extremity. It is 



